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Sales tax and Marketplaces: Who owns the responsibility?

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TikTok: As a marketplace facilitator, TikTok may be congressionally embattled but is legally required to calculate, charge and collect applicable sales taxes on all sales made through its retail arm, TikTok Shop, which enables product discovery, checkout and post-payment activities from within the TikTok app.

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Services: Taxable or not?

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We need to absolutely bring into taxation our professional services as well,” read a recent state of the state address in West Virginia, which already taxes most services. Professional services” comprise legal work, medical care, accounting and other services from licensed specialists. What’s a service?

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Are Digital Ad Taxes Spreading?

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Opponents have promised legal challenges , and t he Tax Foundation calls the new Maryland law “ incredibly vague ” on vital definitions, creating uncertainty about where revenue is sourced and when it is subject to the tax. Full of legal holes or not, will laws similar to Maryland’s mushroom in other states?

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Understanding sales tax permits

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It’s actually free in many states like California , Texas and West Virginia. A registered agent is someone [a person or company] that receives legal correspondence within the state and forwards this correspondence to your business.) Some states, such as Tennessee , require you to have a separate business license.

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The Benefits of Delayed Business Filings

CPA Practice

A delay allows business owners to specify a future effective date on their registration forms, granting them control over when their company officially becomes a legal entity. In a delayed filing, the business controls when the company officially becomes a legal entity. Let’s look at both options.

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Remembering Booker T. Washington: Proponent of Black-Owned Business

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Washington was born into slavery in Virginia in 1856. Following emancipation 9 years later, Washington’s mother moved with him to West Virginia to join her husband. Washington worked in salt furnaces and coal mines in West Virginia for several years to earn money. A Black Entrepreneur is Born Booker T.

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Remembering Booker T. Washington: Proponent of Black-Owned Business

inDinero Accounting

Washington was born into slavery in Virginia in 1856. Following emancipation 9 years later, Washington’s mother moved with him to West Virginia to join her husband. Washington worked in salt furnaces and coal mines in West Virginia for several years to earn money. A Black Entrepreneur is Born. Tax Preparation.